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Doctor Who: Revolution of the Daleks (2021) - Review

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  She's back...and it's about time! It feels like an eternity since the Doctor last appeared on our screens, but at long last Doctor Who is back for a feature-length special. ' Revolution of the Daleks ' has a lot going for it: the Doctor's in prison, the "fam" are stuck on Earth, Captain Jack Harkness returns, ' Arachnids in the UK ''s Jack Roberston is back and the planet is about to be invaded by a new breed of Daleks. It's an episode with a lot going on, and after such a difficult ten months away from TV, with unrealistically heightened expectations that the production team could never have imagined (the special was filmed in October 2019), it's no surprise that ' Revolution of the Daleks ' doesn't live up to the hype. This is a blockbuster episode in a lot of ways, with scope, spectacle and some tremendous-looking visual effects shots, but also lacking in the overall narrative. In 71 minutes, ' Revolution ' roc